tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post378119677881582626..comments2024-03-17T18:53:56.416-07:00Comments on Cosmic American Blog: Number Seven: Pulp's This is Hardcore (1998)yoggothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-38368678279663433672008-02-27T18:21:00.000-08:002008-02-27T18:21:00.000-08:00What is this, freshman English? Yes I know I was ...What is this, freshman English? Yes I know I was imputing the character's views to Jarvis, but given his public persona it didn't seem like such a stretch. Maybe Shakespeare was just writing all those sonnets to his dog...yoggothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-89284497652578659802008-02-27T13:05:00.000-08:002008-02-27T13:05:00.000-08:00Number 7? Number 7 of what? Ohhhhh...wait...now it...Number 7? Number 7 of what? Ohhhhh...wait...now it's coming back to me.<BR/><BR/>Now, take a deep breath, I hope you don't break a small animal's neck when I say this, I think your enthusiasm for this album is entirely justified, but This Is Hardcore might actually be my <I>third</I> favorite Pulp album. Who can say why. I think the songs on the previous Pulp albums are just a little bit catchier. Ultimately catchiness is in the ear of the CD holder of course. Still, "The Fear," "Help The Aged" and "I'm A Man" give me the spine-tinglies every time.<BR/><BR/>That quote from "A Little Soul": isn't that from the point of view of some guy's father, not Jarvis himself?Little Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415022026000282965noreply@blogger.com